hehe i suppose you could use some of the money for bonuses for the employees, but I imagine that most of the 10 mill will go back into the company for further development. The winning of the X Prize isn't the end of Scaled, they still have tons of research to do...

hehe i suppose you could use some of the money for bonuses for the employees, but I imagine that most of the 10 mill will go back into the company for further development. The winning of the X Prize isn't the end of Scaled, they still have tons of research to do...

Especially with Tier 2 & 3 to be considered. A nice bonus and a nice holiday party are cool ideas though.

Besides it's pretty obvious (well to most people who actually think anyway ) that the X-Prize is only the beginning. Scaled may have won the first real prize but there's a lot more going to be happening now. Additionally like John Carmack said over at Armadillo in the latest update, launch license and launch site is likely to get a lot easier. I think the Scaled victory certainly makes that true. Private space ventures just lost a lot of the 'giggle factor'.

ignore. It's only simple question to ask. Let say you want to attempt another space race or open rocketbusiness. What If a teacher or employees ask you same question a rocket that cost over $25 million dollar what would you with $10 million dollar?

....My friend said -- "ha. They deal with billionaire Gordon Geiko. You better work and talk with Union workers! "

Gordon Gekko was a character in a movie (played by Michael Douglas in "Wall Street"). Perhaps your friend needs to consider the real world instead of imaginary ones that bear little relationship to the X Prize.

What the winners of the X Prize do with the prize money is their internal affair. I congratulate them heartily for their momentous and historic achievement.

I didn't saw a post where they said the money will go to the people working at scaled (but it is possible) and in that case, they just split it into the number of employees or diffrent, it's up to scaled to decide it.

And if not, they just use it for new research, or maybe the money goes to Paul Allen.